Alice Mercer
@alicemercer.bsky.social
Elementary teacher, ed tech enthusiast, wife, mother. Oh, and I knit/crochet too. City of Sacramento Disability Advisory Commissioner
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I love unnecessarily sexy statues. My favorite being Thirst Trap Lincoln from the LA County Superior Courthouse.
September 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I love unnecessarily sexy statues. My favorite being Thirst Trap Lincoln from the LA County Superior Courthouse.
September 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My thoughts on repeat
I don’t know how this all ends but, given American society’s propensity for violence, I’d have to assume poorly
September 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My thoughts on repeat
I remember getting central air installed when I was around 8 or 9 in our San Fernando Valley home, and I remember Sanata Ana season before that happened.
In the early 90's the Atlanta Journal Constitution did a poll of "The South" on a range of issues. The question of biggest change in their lifetimes, civil rights was overall #1. BUT, among the oldest age group, "Air conditioning" was overwhelming the answer, across race, gender and income.
June 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I remember getting central air installed when I was around 8 or 9 in our San Fernando Valley home, and I remember Sanata Ana season before that happened.
Sounds about right
honestly does seem like the basic dynamic in american politics right now is that a critical number of voters treat Democrats like their (nagging) mom or their (bitch) wife and treat Republicans like the “cool” dad or husband who is at best a deadbeat
June 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Sounds about right
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I have spoken to rooms full of nondisabled people and heard this ripple of tense laughter. I have told my own story of flipping a car on black ice and people straight up told me they would just drive more carefully.
They can’t handle the idea that you can’t wellness and responsibility your way out.
They can’t handle the idea that you can’t wellness and responsibility your way out.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth just said on Colbert, "We should all live long enough to develop a disability," & the audience laughed uncomfortably.
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
June 17, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I have spoken to rooms full of nondisabled people and heard this ripple of tense laughter. I have told my own story of flipping a car on black ice and people straight up told me they would just drive more carefully.
They can’t handle the idea that you can’t wellness and responsibility your way out.
They can’t handle the idea that you can’t wellness and responsibility your way out.
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We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again
June 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again
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Now for a change of pace.
CYD CHARISSE, the best female dancer in Hollywood history - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1od...
CYD CHARISSE, the best female dancer in Hollywood history - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1od...
CYD CHARISSE, the best female dancer in Hollywood history
YouTube video by N. T. Binh
www.youtube.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Now for a change of pace.
CYD CHARISSE, the best female dancer in Hollywood history - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1od...
CYD CHARISSE, the best female dancer in Hollywood history - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1od...
My school year is over and this feels like it's gonna be the theme song of the summer
youtu.be/AEo_hR9n7ys?...
youtu.be/AEo_hR9n7ys?...
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
YouTube video by London Records
youtu.be
June 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
My school year is over and this feels like it's gonna be the theme song of the summer
youtu.be/AEo_hR9n7ys?...
youtu.be/AEo_hR9n7ys?...
They're telling us who they are and that's anti-democratic authoritarians.
🚨 Secretary Noem basically said that her agency is now dedicated to forcible regime change…in American cities and states.
There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this
There 👏🏽 is 👏🏽 a 👏🏽 name 👏🏽 for 👏🏽 this
June 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
They're telling us who they are and that's anti-democratic authoritarians.
Kinder girl was wearing St. Pats themed dress and I like how primary kids will wear out of calendar holiday stiff like Christmas wear in April without a care. Once you're an adult, you look like a psycho doing that.
June 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Kinder girl was wearing St. Pats themed dress and I like how primary kids will wear out of calendar holiday stiff like Christmas wear in April without a care. Once you're an adult, you look like a psycho doing that.
Good food for thought
new youtube video! will the l.a. protests help or hurt trump politically? i say hurt! youtu.be/mOP_5IigrzE
Will the L.A. protests help Trump?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Good food for thought
Reality can be a bitch
June 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Reality can be a bitch
True
If you study the successful rebellions and resistance and civil rights movements of the past, you will note that “people who spend their time publicly bumming out everyone around them by emphasizing how totally fucked everything is” do not play a central role, or indeed, any role at all
June 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
True
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Me, when I have to concede actually Gavin Newsom is saying the right thing about fascist Trump.
June 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Me, when I have to concede actually Gavin Newsom is saying the right thing about fascist Trump.
Final meeting as a commissioner
June 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Final meeting as a commissioner
Really?
May 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Really?
It would be funnier if it weren't so sad
Elmo wasn't concerned when he was knocking my man Grover out of all his jobs, though 🙄
Elmo’s LinkedIn update has me 😫
May 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It would be funnier if it weren't so sad
@kweencassie.bsky.social it has a raccoon with a meth pipe, of course I need to share it with you!
"How more Ohio can you get? No more Ohio."
when the story keeps going more Ohio than expected (which is very Ohio)
May 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
@kweencassie.bsky.social it has a raccoon with a meth pipe, of course I need to share it with you!
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Stupidest timeline...so far
$20 says he landed on this while thinking about sharks.
May 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Stupidest timeline...so far
@kweencassie.bsky.social hey here's a creative way to funraise!
May 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
@kweencassie.bsky.social hey here's a creative way to funraise!
TLDR Just because it's not hopeless doesn't mean it's not still really bad
Totally whacking the Doomer (and even non-Doomer) hornets nest here. But I have to give an honest read. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
Trump’s Already Lost
There are a number of you who simply don’t agree with me...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
TLDR Just because it's not hopeless doesn't mean it's not still really bad
Was listening to this with hubs the other night
listening to some stevie and i kind of think that you could bring a good chunk of americans back from the abyss if you could just get them to listen to “As” and force them to hear him sing/growl “did you know that you're loved by somebody?!?”
April 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Was listening to this with hubs the other night